Case of Legionnaires’ disease in a neonate following a home birth in a heated birthing pool, England, June 2014

N Phin; T Cresswell; F Parry-Ford; Collective on behalf of the Incident Control Team

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.29.20857

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Case of Legionnaires’ disease in a neonate following a home birth in a heated birthing pool, England, June 2014
N Phin¹ , T Cresswell¹ , F Parry-Ford¹ , Collective on behalf of the Incident Control Team²
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Affiliations: ¹ Public Health England, London, United Kingdom ² The members of the team are listed at the end of the article

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F Parry-Ford
frances.parryford phe.gov.uk
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Citation style for this article: Phin N, Cresswell T, Parry-Ford F, on behalf of the Incident Control Team Collective. Case of Legionnaires’ disease in a neonate following a home birth in a heated birthing pool, England, June 2014. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(29):pii=20857. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.29.20857 Received: 08 Jul 2014

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Abstract

Public Health England was notified of Legionnaires' disease in a neonate following a home birth in a heated birthing pool filled from the domestic hot water supply two weeks earlier. We describe the incident, sampling results, and public health actions. It is recommended that heated birthing pools should not be used for home births. Neonates developing pneumonia within 14 days of labour or birth in any birthing pool should be tested for Legionnaires' disease. .